OUR LOVELY COUNTRYSIDE GARDEN

 

Love our garden small but interesting with our top room  we call it, the study,  and the flowers blooming each year. 

 

 

FINCA IN MALLORCA

James and his wife Paula run this lovely finca hotel.  I can say it is one of the best hotels I have ever stayed in in a hot country...  Spain, Italy etc.

So secluded and private and the food out of this world, we had a great time and were so relaxed. 

 Our bedroom was off the rooftop restaurant, we all ate at the same time and had the same food, menu put on the board daily.  Brilliant stuff.

 There was an 'honesty' freezer full of ice creams, say no more.

OUR NEW BABY GREAT GRANDDAUTHER MARLIE WITH GABY

Pretty baby just like her Mum Cristina.  Gaby looks a natural here.

As yet to cuddle her, must entice them up to Hampshire.

PARIS FOR BRIAN'S BIRTHDAY TREAT FROM ME XXX

 

 Eating Mussels, love them in our fav restaurant  near the hotel, great place.

 Second hand book shop by the Seine, always finding books there.

 Romantic one I took on the way home.

Outside our best eaterie in Paris, great.

Our waiter, he knows us now. Been there three years running, always in August, super.

 

80th BIRTHDAY IN SOMERSET

Most of the family, in fact nearly all, met up with Simon and Carmen at their house, we had one of their cottages, Damien and Becky took the caravan, and we had a lovely cottage down the  lane for everybody else.

We had a bbq at the local pub, as it was raining in the skittle alley, back to the cottage for a cream tea laid on by Carmen and Louise and then in the evening back to the pub.

Next day there was a paella for lunch cooked by Maria and Carmen and lovely it was too.

Bernard and Doreen came with Jenny and Ian but didn't stay all day but it was lovely seeing them.

 

ANOTHER BIRTHDAY

 

 Group photo of grown up family, all ours.

L-R Simon, Jo Ann, John, Louise, Lynda, Joanne. Allison, Damien, Hayley.

 

 Carmen, Fia and birthday boy  in the garden of the  cottage we have for the weekend.

 Allison, Lynda and John in the pub.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Jo arriving with Billy, David and Harry

SWEDEN FOR EBBA'S GRADUATION (WITH GABRIELLA)

 Here we are in Ostersund, Sweden and it is tipping down. 

 All dressed up and back from celebrating or was it before???  Grandchildren Ebba and Alex.

 Must have been taken when Ebba passed her driving test.  Well done.


 Ebba and Gaby by the lake in Ostersund, lovely place.  (June 2013)

 Proud family with Ebba and love the photo of her, still raining.

At home relaxing but Alex looks in pain... silly boy.